When I worked at Honeywell and the computer system crashed, it was all hands on deck. We executed contingency plans. We mitigated damages. We set out priorities to resolve the problem. This kinda reminded me of those days. Now that the cement truck was sans it's load, the wrecker was just able to pull it free. Soon that cement truck and wrecker were gone and the driveway was open again. I was pretty relieved though I'm guessing the cement truck driver was even happier.
The caterpillar went to work mincing up the pile of cement in the field, filling in the holes made by the trucks, and smoothing out the driveway. The subcontractor hacked at the edges of the first pour w/ a vengeance. The idea was to prevent a cold joint by roughing an area with which the next load could bond. He'd also called in a third cement truck. This cement truck driver had no issues and it was a thing of beauty to watch him expertly execute his job. Around four hours after my driveway was blocked by dancing trucks, the foundation was in, settled, and curing.
Before he left that day, the subcontractor walked over to me, let me know that he didn't think there would be any problems, not to worry that the two pours were different colors, that even though there was a big roundish area of little pieces of cement in my field everything would be fixed. However, should I have any issues in the future w/ the foundation to contact him because he stood behind his work. Later the owner of the cement company knocked on my door. He apologized for the problems, wanted to know if I had any issues, and also said if there were any problems w/ the cement to let him know. At the moment, my concern was that people were telling me not to be concerned. However, upon reflection it was no different than what I'd done w/ my customers at Honeywell - keep them informed, let them know what to expect when the system came back up, and impress upon them to contact me if they noticed anything funky later.
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